Pine Level is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,210 people and just one neighborhood, Pine Level is the 304th largest community in North Carolina.
Unlike some towns, Pine Level isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pine Level are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pine Level is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pine Level who work in office and administrative support (14.53%), sales jobs (10.87%), and teaching (6.50%).
Being a small town, Pine Level does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Pine Level citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.64% of adults 25 and older in Pine Level have a college degree.
The per capita income in Pine Level in 2022 was $24,592, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,368 for a family of four. However, Pine Level contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pine Level is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pine Level home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pine Level residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pine Level also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pine Level include English, German, Irish, Welsh, and Jamaican.
The most common language spoken in Pine Level is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Our research reveals that 91.0% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Welsh ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Welsh ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Pine Level are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 57.4% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 33.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 15.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 84.7% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (14.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Pine Level, NC, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (16.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report Welsh roots (4.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (3.2%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (2.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (91.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.